Riot - Swords & Tequila

[MrColbster82]

such a great song!

[elc1960]

Classic stuff! All the runes on this album are great, but this is their signature song. "Restless Breed" isn't too shabby either. I wasn't crazy about the albums they did on CBS in the late '80s, but their Elektra albums all kick ass.

[FuckingDrugsAndMetal]

3 years later: 2 minutes to midnight

[DrRez]

2 minutes to midnight? :)

[snoopysdogghouse]

best song title ever.



[toenailcrunch]

Morning Stars and Bourbon

[Marcg1986c]

Swords and whiskey.

[Carcajou45]

I prefer sword and vodka!

[halonerds3]

METAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!

[inmoderate]

I really like Riot. But seriously, what is with that mascot?

[foottothenuts]

@inmoderate Hahahaha I know right?

[TheHerbmon]

@inmoderate Its a lemming. In nature they panic, and large groups run blindly until they fall off a cliff. A Riot I guess? Doesnt make sense to me , but there it is. Riot kicks ass though.

[MuggerFugger665]

I have never heard a better kick in the ass. This band is far beyond awesome!

[MetalUpYourAss6667]

RIP Mark, great guitarist. You were a part of one of the most underrated heavy metal band that deserves a lot of credit. Your music lives on and now your rocking along with Guy in heaven. \m/ \m/

[TheKaz197]

Baby seals epitomize early metal! Right? HAHAHAHAHA!

[Marshallsatten]

I bought a digital remix of this album after losing my LP years ago.

[jimbojunior1000]

GUY SPERANZA RHETT FORRESTER AND NOW MARK REALE RIP ROCK LEGENDS ,,

FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR THE GENIUS OF YOUR MUSIC

[Faze9784]

Ultimate Warrior

[SergVanHalen]

This band is the shit! RIP Mark, so glad I got to see em before he passed on.

[rocksinger4hire]

I gotta get this album again! haven't listened to it in years!

[taoboxer9]

Riot's best line-up ! RIP Mark

[BaekHoGoeku]

swords and tequila jiiiihaawww

[oliasofshields]

R.I.P Mark, great band well loved by fans in the north east of england, remember donnington 1980 fucking class.

[KeybladeKorney]

Fuck man, what, he died? I came here by accident, but i didn't knew he died yesterday

[dazedEconfused]

RIP Mark

[catolic2004]

I was on here, listening to most of this album last nite, didn't know Mark Reale died from Chrohn's disease yesterday. I so vividly remember being 22, and home on 30 days leave from the persian gulf and gonzo station when this came out, and I wore it and Narita slap out. Rest in peace Mark, Guy, and all the greats, especially the unknown greats we lost. It has NEVER gotten better than this. Long Live OUR Rock n Roll

[SavatageIsMyReligion]

R.I.P MARK....

YOUR MUSIC WILL LIVE FOREVER!!

[sstromboe]

R.I.P. Mark

[GoGoGadgetBeer]

Swords n tequila, sounds like a PARTY to me! 

[newk6669]

this song takes me back 2 the good old days R.I.P. mark!

[56chala]

Mark will forever live in our souls "R.I.P." \m/ thanx for all the memories

[Bridge1961]

Thanks Mark for all the great albums you left us. RIP

[lathandplaster]

RIP Mark Reale.

[tiltedtrucker]

Thanks for all Mark.Cheers!!!

[brox68]

R.I.P Mark......thanks for the great music :(

[amongshadows]

RIP Mark reale...You'll be greatly missed.

[mizzawah]

RIP to one of Bklyn's finest...

[yourlastmassacre]

He made some great music. I remember listening to this album when my dad drove me to my guitar teacher years ago. Good times.

R.I.P. Mark

[jampi1996]

R.I.P Mark.

[gielle1957]

R.I.P. Mark. 

[popas7]

Another fallen father of metal. RIP Mark Reale :(

[dokkcrue71]

R.I.P. Mark.... So Sad :(

[MartyriuMBass]

R.I.P., CHILE HERE!

[thehuntersmetal]

RIP Mark. We'll miss you! \m/

[efgarza1]

Terrible news about Mark Reale..

[MERCILESSization]

10 dislikes, why???

[TacticalNukeBand]

RIP Mark Reale.

[boobengarden666]

RIP mark

[WickedKnightAlbel]

May Mark Reale rest in peace.

[acemacen]

steve harris didn't write two minutes to midnight Adrian and Bruce did... but this is a great song....excellent ny metal band.. they should have been better..perhaps got lost in the nwobm and then the la hair/glam movement

[itoldunot2fuckwithme]

Daaaamn! Nobody Seals deals like New Yorkers...

[comingplague]

Incredible album from a very under-rated band. One great song after another. Best of all it was re-released last year! Thanks for posting

[tesaboo16]

this is total kick ass metal

[rovibe]

The little smiley face on that seal really tops it off nicely. Extra creepy in a way only a half man half smiling seal could be.

[MetalUpYourAss6667]

Perfect song to headbang to while driving!

[Wildhorses39]

Should Be a Million Plus hits easy!!!!!!! Total Bullshit I feel sorry for the people that havent heard this slab of metal masterpiece!!

[nsminc]

Kick Ass! Kick Ass! Kick Ass!

[EdwardsMusicChannel]

Real bad ass .. brings back memories of highschool back in 83.

[67sgibson]

First heard this in my buddys '69 Cutlass, On the way to a bash....Ahhhh High School. Long Live 80's Metal!

[youthecat]

@67sgibson Omg, I had a '69 Cutlass.... my first car! I never got why I kept getting approached by guys to buy it. (I'm a girl.) lol

[skidoofever]

i just blew my speakers fuck yea heavy metal

[coolbros1210]

I love this song I havent herd it 20 yrs

[spikeharusame]

DECAPITATIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON­NNNNNNNN!

[MultiCamerons]

10 people were run through by a drunken guy with a sword and pressed the wrong button

[iamkobe008]

Patrick shutack !!!! 

[yamaha1678]

a good way to start a awesome album ;)

[benametalmaiden]

its me or sounds like raven , maiden and accept songs???

[FilmsPointBlank]

Amazing song!

[Mwp419s]

Nothing says METAL like baby seals. lmfao

[BrianMont1]

@Mwp419s LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!1!­!!

[WTFJustnoRELOADED]

Swords and Tequila sounds like an average friday night.

[PumpkinPuffer]

Always loved this band , always hated their album covers.

[boysen1967]

What the uck? Maiden fan having de'javoo

[REDDAWG30307]

@boysen1967 ..Released 2 years B4 ''Two Minutes''..(now you know where Steve Harris got the riff!..)

[silva4ever]

the same type of two minutes to midnight,stand up and shout,seek and destroy,power and the glory,hell bent for leather main riffs...all of them are fuckin awesome

[HyperVoldo]

@silva4ever and Curse of the Pharaoh by mercyful fate :p

[dmcsc5]

incredible riff....incredible song...incredible album...this band should have been way bigger. thanks for posting, great taste my friend!

[PheonixSeth]

its good to see other band doing cover of this band and bands continueing this genre aka Steel Panther - Crossfire

[Wildhorses39]

How do we get this masterpiece to go viral???? Come on calling all Metal Heads on the planet lets make this sell 30 years later this whole recording still sounds better than any to date! Every rock music listener young and old should have this in their collection who doesnt agree?????Metallica Black album? No RIOT FIRE DOWN UNDER

[btsmchl]

The bass player was the biggest dick I'm ever met before a show

[666grindhouse666]

@btsmchl nobody gives a fuck...

peace....

[bassistdave109]

awsome

[conwaycourier]

Reminds me of Two Minutes to Midnight with a Saxon vocal. NWOBHM rules!

[Marshallsatten]

ou may have guessed I'm no youngster. My daughters are showing reall musical talent.

[Marshallsatten]

His is my favorite Riot album. I used to play bass with tis song as a cover in clubs. That was hen I didn't have all the responsibilities I now have. I'm getting back into practicing (Iused to practice for hour a day), and want to kick again.

[DawnToBlack]

@Marshallsatten Try practicing 5 hours a day on the bass brother! haha

[Marshallsatten]

@DawnToBlack orking full yime and having a family, impossible.

[Marshallsatten]

@DawnToBlack I had this album down.

[MrHank46]

i like it to much//////////////////////////

[edenbelovv]

Metal heads are hilarious. "So-and-so stole this riff!" You people are completely oblivious as to how music actually works, as an art form. It's okay though, you're probably all about 12, right?

[MaximusAdonicus]

@edenbelovv Are u suggesting that music works by stealing other people's work and modifying it to fit ur needs? Not all bands rip off others. There's million miles between ripping off and being influenced by something. Although this particular song is eerily similar to what Iron Maiden perfected on "2 minutes to midnight"...

[irondeth2]

@edenbelovv i don't think 12 year olds know about riot.

[HeavyMetRulez]

@edenbelovv

YOU are hilarious, do you think music works by stealing ?? Then look at this, listen to "Stairway to heaven" from Led Zeppelin, then listen to "Taurus" from Spirit

Is that the way you think the music works ?? Also, Led Zeppelin opened a Taurus concert, is that a coincidence or it is just music as an art form ??

Now you're the one who seems to be a teenager . . .

[BleachTW]

@HeavyMetRulez Thats blown way out of proportion Spirit Don't deserve credit for that song.

Now Jethro Tull and The eagles...

[rush2112284]

Raven wrote a little song called "seek and destroy" back in the day

[rush2112284]

I was there when this came out - What memories this brings back. There was also band called Raven out of Canada at he same time that was truly Awesome also.

[Slayerpkl19]

ITS BETTER THAN 2 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT....AND MAIDEN STOLE IT!

[TheToekutter]

Yes!!!!

[mattfirebird]

This was back in the day when dandelion headed dudes could be featured on cover art for real vinyl albums and they would sing of days gone by. Days that were filled with swords and tequila. And dandelions. And baby seals. And when the solar winds would blow through his dandelion hair it would bother those who were fighting and drinking. And they would stop. And they would pick the tufts of dandelion out of their drinks. And they would sing songs...songs of swords and tequila.

[Klausmetallian]

A taken riff like loan by the Irons. It wouldn´t the first.

[stigmataj]

Love their songs, WORST cover art consistently

[poorcolossus]

@stigmataj What's wrong with seals bro?

[horner3000]

The album cover makes no fucking sense!

[djmm1397]

@Dennis19901 dumbass.

[gonzogriffin]

YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH­HHHHHHHHHHHH

[Marshallsatten]

OK. This came out in 1981, Powerslave came out in 1984.

[xritchyx]

so f***ing great!

[Lemmy666666]

I was born at the right time, fortunately? Loved Riot in the 80 es, still listen to them, not as often but anyhow...

[GoddessOfThuder]

FUCK YA!!! RIOT!!! I actually don't know which singer I like better!!

[DragonGuitar171]

Fucking Great song love it Swords and Tequila forever!

[djmm1397]

@Dennis19901 fuck you and your emoticon. learn your shit before you say stupid shit.

[01ichibawm]

This is a good oldie!!!! Fuck You WishmasrerTheDark!!! Where the fuck are these guys now and where's Maiden? Stupid Fuck!

[nightgoat99]

That albino wookie cub is freaking me out. Kill it with fire!

[MrNemesis12]

en el sur de mexico, se usa el machete =sword, las peleas empiezan al calor del tequila y el resultado es muerte atroz.

[TheScouseExile]

riot stole this riff from budgie, listen to wildfire.

[WishmasterTheDark]

Hahahahaha iron maiden fanboys, here is the riff your overrated crap band stole from.

[Killer73505]

@WishmasterTheDark it wasn't only iron maiden there were a few others like saxon

[rikardocarvalho]

@WishmasterTheDark You're a joker. Why isn't Riot overrated too ?  Oh i forgot, cause they didnt were rated in the first place

[Xeper1979]

Overlooked may be a better word

[ralfisloved]

@WishmasterTheDark Actually, Maiden's Prowler on The Soundhouse Tapes has a very similar riff to the opening one of Swords and Tequila, and it was released in 1979.

[EXIDEBANDENGLAND]

where can you buy this? HMV dont sell it but they do sell ANVIL funny that

[MegaSeth91]

@EXIDEBANDENGLAND

Internet the only place for metal..That and F.Y.E's all around the world..

I Have Diamond Head Anthology

But I'm still looking for Angel Witch, Storm Witch, Riot, and a few...Getting some Saxon soon

[ToddSweeneyOnce]

@EXIDEBANDENGLAND If you're serious, I have a remastered copy I bought about 10 years ago that I'll sell you. it's an import copy from Germany and has great liner notes and 5 bonus tracks. A great cd. It still plays fine.

[Marshallsatten]

@EXIDEBANDENGLAND Try Amazon. I bought the remix several years ago.

[DunDunDunDun809]

dont you wish u were born earlier when the music was more real like the 70's wait no earlier like the early 70's

[Sebcio58]

this song was made before 2 minutes to midnight;p

[CAINACC]

fucking epic!!!!

[TheSecondShady]

after hearing this, I can only say this to iron maiden: FOR SHAME!

[gabylilly67]

Fkn Rules .. love this band. \m/

[gabylilly67]

Fkn Rules... I LOVE THESE GUYS .. 4GOT ABOUT EM.. !!

[AlanakosSs]

The ultimate combination:Swords & Tequila

[Dylan5131]

So, yeah, who else listened to this and wanted to grab a sword and charge some shit while thoroughly intoxicated?

[megangenglish42210]

We had this on 8 track in the original Blue !

[n00bt00bpr0ducti0ns]

Actually Def Leppard "invented" this riff in 1979 with "Wasted" but it's probably not riff stealing, just coincedence.

[lizardinhu]

SWORDS AIN'T A KILLER! \m/ Ò-Ó \m/

[Bamananatic]

Never judge an album by its cover. Some or Riot's early album covers are atrocious, but the music is excellent. Especially this album and Thundersteel.

[moshin68]

@Dennis19901

Gotta Love Maiden...but his song was made 3 years before Powerslave.

[DunDunDunDun809]

they must have been high when they chose the album cover

[ltkjunk]

the bass sets the pace and everyone else blends in perfectly, lead, drums... epic!

[Skippyloo1]

I don't understand why this band wasn't huge...

[JoshRA]

@Skippyloo1 The album cover probably didn't help.

[Skippyloo1]

@JoshRA Haha, that's the exact thing me and buddy were talking about! What is that, some kind of baby seal/ human!

[drgusak]

@Dennis19901 Riot made this earlier

[Dennis19901]

@drgusak Good for Riot lol

Up the Irons!

[Skippyloo1]

@Dennis19901 Swords and Tequila - 1981, 2 Minutes to Midnight - 1984. Hmmm!

[Dennis19901]

@Skippyloo1 Yeah because Riot was first they obviously sound better.... *SARCASM*

Up the irons!

[Skippyloo1]

@Dennis19901 Didn't say it was better. I personally think they both kick ass. A great riff is a great riff!

[FullmetalAnimator]

@Skippyloo1 Even Led Zeppelin stole half their songs from other bands.

Besides, who says both Riot and Iron Maiden aren't equally awesome!

[xsurvinnorex]

@Dennis19901 Yup, but this was earlier!

[luc00leh]

@Dennis19901 FUCK YOU IRON MAIDEN!

[miasdad]

@Dennis19901 - this was well before 2 minutes to midnight

[paddieplayer]

@Dennis19901 ain't that iron maiden?

[theclitmaster666]

@Dennis19901 this was before 2 minutes

[Riq3000]

@Dennis19901 please correct if i'm wrong, but wasn't this earlier out than 2 minutes to midnight?

[Marshallsatten]

@Riq3000 I believe this came out a couple of years before Powerslave.

[ToddSweeneyOnce]

@Dennis19901 But better.

[1hrx]

@Dennis19901 Too bad Riot wrote it years earlier

[sixstringfretter]

@Dennis19901 LOL! I was thinking "where have I heard this riff before?" I glanced down and saw this. Very similiar. Which came out first?

[METAAAAALYEAH]

@sixstringfretter This came out first. This riff was also ripped off by Mercyful Fate, Venom, ACCEPT, and Raven.

[sixstringfretter]

@METAAAAALYEAH I can believe it. I would wager it has been ripped and modified by many others as well. People don't realize how good Riot was. Very underrated.

[METAAAAALYEAH]

@sixstringfretter Totally. I also forgot to put Nitro in the list of bands that has used the riff.